Liars' Leaguetag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-16224922018-12-18T11:25:41+00:00Long-running, award-winning, Radio 4-broadcast live short story readings, based in central London (other major cities HK and NYC are available). "Writers write, actors read, audience listens, everybody wins."TypePadMy favourite Christmas story: Mike Clarke on Posy Simmonds's "Cassandra Darke"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b28834022ad3c7c21b200b2018-12-18T11:25:41+00:002018-12-18T11:27:20+00:00My Christmas story is both very new and very old. It’s new because the book, Cassandra Darke by Posy Simmonds, was only published on 1st November this year (sorry, only a few sample pages can be found online). It’s old...Liars' LeagueMy Favourite Seasonal Story: Rachel Karyo on Shelley Jackson's "Snow"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b28834022ad3a5e5b8200d2018-12-08T18:48:02+00:002018-12-18T11:28:07+00:00Rachel Karyo writes: This short story is written in snow, one or two words at a time, photographed, and then published on Instagram. Shelley Jackson has been writing “Snow” (now in its twelfth sentence) since 2014. The story is still...Liars' LeagueMy Favourite Christmas Story: Mark Sadler on Saki's (H. H. Munro's) "Reginald on Christmas Presents"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b28834022ad3a46c41200d2018-12-01T22:03:05+00:002018-12-18T11:29:17+00:00Reginald, the narrator of this short meditation on unwanted seasonal gifts, wastes absolutely no time at all in stating that he does not want a "George, Prince of Wales" Prayer-book as a Christmas present. In this opening sentence Saki uncannily...Liars' LeagueLiars' League one of The Guardian's 10 Great Storytelling Nights!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b2883401a5118d1369970c2014-03-24T12:13:16+00:002016-05-17T15:11:35+01:00... according to the paper's go-out-and-have-fun Do Something supplement, that is. And they should know. The article is linked here and in full below - it also mentions our compadres Stand-Up Tragedy (at which a few LL stories have had...Liars' LeagueNext events: Granta #126 launch (6 Feb), You & Me Valentine's Event (11 Feb)tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b2883401a511595a6b970c2014-01-27T00:51:09+00:002014-01-27T01:04:14+00:00Happy 2014, readers! We hope you're settling in to the new year now, and have stopped accidentally dating everything 2013. We're just about getting over that January issue here, and have decided to celebrate by telling you all about the...Liars' LeagueAre we nearly there yet? by Emily Peddertag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b288340133f60e9137970b2013-11-26T16:01:58+00:002013-12-02T15:56:47+00:00Are We Nearly There Yet MP3 Read by Danielle Fenemore Before Christmas Mum took me up West. We went to Selfridges to try on the expensive perfumes, see if there were any freebies going. She walked around from counter to...Liars' LeagueMy favourite story: Brindley Hallam Dennis on A. E. Coppard's "Weep Not, My Wanton"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b28834016305b51209970d2012-05-28T00:42:00+01:002012-05-22T00:49:31+01:00This little gem, by the overlooked English tale-meister, A.E. Coppard, can be found at the link below, on the excellent openlibrary.org from Toronto: http://archive.org/stream/adamevepinchmeta00coppuoft#page/42/mode/2up The story is short, very short, and tightly focused. With that delightful quality of a type...Liars' LeagueMy Favourite Story: C. T. Kingston on "The Age of Lead" by Margaret Atwoodtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b2883401675f3a142e970b2011-12-24T15:34:30+00:002016-07-15T15:01:35+01:00This is a story that blindsides you in the most subtle and surprising way: you start off by thinking that it's about love, or growing up, or a compromised version of both – and in a way, it is –...Liars' LeagueMy Favourite Story: Michael Spring on James Joyce's "The Dead"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b2883401675f39439c970b2011-12-23T15:12:15+00:002011-12-23T15:12:15+00:00("The Dead" can be found in Joyce's collection Dubliners) WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS! If you want to read the story first, the link's at the bottom ... :) It’s a snowy winter’s night in an early nineteenth-century Dublin. The Misses Morkan...Liars' LeagueMy Favourite Story: James Smyth on Martin Amis's "Career Move"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b288340162fdf03e86970d2011-12-19T22:36:04+00:002011-12-19T22:36:04+00:00I’ve been a devotee of Martin Amis ever since I started to properly appreciate fiction. Not the man himself, you understand, who is clearly a pompous tosser of the highest order. But when it comes to show-boating, grand-standing prose that...Liars' LeagueMy favourite story: Emily Cleaver on Jack London's "To Build a Fire"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b2883401675ed6f8cc970b2011-12-16T13:49:13+00:002011-12-16T13:49:13+00:00“When it is seventy-five below zero, a man must not fail in his first attempt to build a fire”. In abrupt sentences, as stark as the icy landscape in which it’s set, Jack London tells the story of a prospector...Liars' LeagueMy Favourite Story: Quintin Forrest on Saki's "Sredni Vashtar"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b2883401539417edf8970b2011-12-12T16:48:15+00:002011-12-12T16:48:15+00:00Welcome back to the third edition of the Liars' League author favourites. This time we are featuring the choice of writer Quintin Forrest. And why not check out some of Quintin's works once you've given his pick a read? "Sredni...Liars' LeagueMy Favourite Story: Liam Hogan on "The Landlady" by Roald Dahltag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b288340162fd6d859f970d2011-12-09T15:11:16+00:002011-12-09T15:11:16+00:00Second in our series of authors' favourite stories is a tale picked by Liam Hogan. Check out his review, the story, and give some of Liam's stories a read - you have plenty to choose from and you won't be...Liars' LeagueMy Favourite Story: Niall Boyce on M.R. James's "Casting the Runes"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e551c6d2b28834015437eb6f61970c2011-12-06T11:05:30+00:002011-12-06T11:09:19+00:00This holiday season we want to give you the best stories out there and highlight some of our best authors. So we've asked some of our most published writers to send us one of their favourite stories to share with...Liars' League